As a regular blog reader you know that I often post about different ways to practise your German, so today I’d like to tell you about another way to improve your German grammar. Let’s assume you have just covered the dative case in your lessons, you’ve done all the exercises but would like some reinforcement … Read more
Pinterest is wonderful for finding resources which can help you learn German. If you already know how it works, ignore this first part of the blog post and scroll down to the list of people worth following. But if you don’t know what it is, let me explain: Pinterest is like an online pin board. You … Read more
When you start German lessons, after a while you learn how to conjugate verbs. For English speakers that sounds strange, as in English there is no difference, except in the third form singular, where we add an ‘s’. So, the verb ‘play’ gets conjugated: I play, you play, he/ she/ it plays, we play, you … Read more
Last week I came across a post on Google+ with a video about prepositions. I checked it out and found out that there wasn’t just one video but a whole range of videos and lessons. The page is Free German Lessons from Janine Wolf and the lessons consist of a PDF which you can download and … Read more
EDIT 2024: it seems the new version has gone as well ???? EDIT 2019: It looks like they removed this version, as the links don’t work. They have made a new app, which has more information but is also dearer, currently £12.00 Das Verbarium+, German Grammar German verb conjugation can sometimes be a bit of … Read more
EDIT 2022: Sadly, the website has gone. It looks like his books are for sale again, therefore he took the free site down. I leave this post as it might entice you to buy one of his books if you come across them. Whether you are learning German or would like to read to your … Read more
A question I often get asked is “When do I use wissen and when kennen?” A quick look in the dictionary tells you both mean ‘to know’. So, are the interchangeable? Sadly, no! You use ‘kennen’ when you know a person or a place or are familiar with things Ich kenne den Mann. I know that man. Ich … Read more
At some point when learning German you will come across pronouns, those little words that replace a noun.When they are the subject of the sentence, most people have no problem remembering them. But then you also come across mir or mich etc… and often I get asked “When do I use mir, dir etc… and when do I … Read more
It’s raining again! Whether it’s raining where you are or not, we all like to talk (or should I say ‘moan’) about the weather. So, what better time than a rainy day to look at some compound words 😮 Although the word rain is ‘der Regen’, compound words which begin with ‘Regen’ aren’t necessarily ‘der’ … Read more
In the last few weeks various students from different groups mentioned to me that they were struggling with the informal plural you, or as I like to call it ‘you lot’ (you wouldn’t say that to business clients when you need the formal you). Some of my students seem to forget how to conjugate … Read more
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